Month: June 2014

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Blog Subscription Changes

If your child has changed grades and you no longer and you wish to unsubscribe from one class blog and subscribe to another how do you do it?  It is simple … just choose one of the options below.

UNSUBSCRIBE:  In your next email alert to a blog post, look for the following:

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OR…open the MANAGE YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS and follow the directions listed!

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Here Comes Summer….

We're driving into summer in style! Mrs. Reagan, Mrs. Ripley and Mrs. Nurenberg
We’re driving into summer in style! Mrs. Reagan, Mrs. Ripley and Mrs. Nurenberg

The last day of school is here…which means tomorrow is the first day of summer!  Today your child will arrive home with some papers from school (possibly lots of papers).   Some additional details below regarding end of the year reports:

  • Report Cards:  All K-5 report cards mailed after school today (unless you asked to have your child’s report card sent to you by email — an option provided by some teachers).
  • Next Year’s Teacher:  Recorded on your child’s report card.  No changes to teachers allowed.  Class list development has taken place for the past five weeks.  See above for when to expect report cards.
  • Class Lists:  Posted on the blog (top section between BUS PASS and DATES/FORMS) on June 13.    Reminder:  NO changes made to class lists.  Many, many hours have gone into creating these lists with input from parents and close examination of student needs, class composition, etc.  If your child did not get the teacher s/he was hoping for, I ask that you be a positive role model by assuring your child that the teacher they have for next year will be just right for next year.  I have learned that often any anxiety that children experience about a new teacher during a new year is reduced when a calm, assuring parent puts them at ease.  Thank you for your help with this in advance.

We have had a few changes in our teaching staff for the 2014-15 school year.  All of the teachers listed below are excellent and bring a rich experiences to their grade level teams.  The changes are as follows:

  • Mrs. Wert (formerly our cognitively impaired K/1 teacher) will be teaching pre-kindergarten.
  • Mrs. Bast (formerly our reading teacher) will be teaching first grade.
  • Mrs. VanKoevering (formerly a first grade teacher) will be teaching second grade.
  • Mrs. Quigley (formerly a second grade teacher) will be teaching fourth grade.
  • Mrs. Walenta (formerly a fourth grade teacher) will be teaching fifth grade.
  • Finally, an 11th hour change in staffing:  Mr. Bialochowski will be teaching 6th grade science at Riley Middle School.   Mrs. Ball, formerly a middle school media specialist and an expert in teaching reading & writing, will be teaching 5th grade.  Her blog will be available for parents to view later this summer.

I will keep the blog up to date throughout the summer months.  Have a wonderful summer.  The new school year will be arrive before we know it!

Mrs. Reagan

 

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Winning Readers at Georgetown!

Today we are celebrating all of the readers in grades 2-5 who participated in Reading Counts through quizzes, book blogs and RAZZ kids this year.  Each time readers made their reading goal, their names were entered into a drawing for a Target Gift Card and ONE IPAD MINI.  So here are the winning readers………

  • Mrs. Greenlund—–Caleb VanderLugt

  • Mrs. Kuieck—–Kamryn Brewer

  • Mrs. Quigley—–Milena Sremba

  • Mrs. Ray—–Jae Vanderbeek

  • Mrs. Flory—–Jayda Kerns

  • Mrs. McDonald—–Talia Delinck

  • Ms. VanArkel—–Kaycie Lawrence

  • Ms. VanderStel—–Nicholas Weiss

  • Mr. Bowen—–Harrison Jones

  • Mrs. Huizenga—–Ava Ham

  • Mr. Kooiker—–Ryan Gharajanloo

  • Mrs. Walenta—–Aidan Dandurand

  • Mr. Bialochowski—–August VanDam

  • Mrs. Burdis—–Hannah Applebee

  • Mr. Gort—–Greydan Overweg

 

WINNER OF THE IPAD MINI:  Elizabeth White in Mrs. Kuieck’s class.

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Final Week of School for 2013-14!

The first week of June this year brings the final week of school.  It seems like the year just began and we are already wrapping it up with celebrations and farewells for summer.

We are wishing farewell to an amazing 5th grade class.  They will be missed — and they will also be a great addition to the Baldwin Middle School 6th grade team.  This class will continue to demonstrate their strengths in kindness, compassion, leadership and knowledge throughout their time in the Hudsonville School system.  They will each individually contribute a great deal to our world in their future years.  I feel very fortunate to been part of their lives these past 6-7 years!

There will be some changes to the Georgetown staff next year due to the opening of the Early Childhood building in the fall (Early Childhood Special Education, preschool and daycare) and due to budget cuts that will impact programming and staffing at our school.  More information about these changes will come next week once all the changes are finalized.

In our snapshot of events for this week, I also included opening events for the 2014-15 school year.  These include open houses and picture day.

Please connect with our school over the summer via the blog and OPEN LIBRARY.  The library will be open on select Tuesdays from 10-12pm for summer book check out.  The schedule is below.

Finally, if you want to engage in a fun competition sponsored by our local BIGGBY COFFEE SHOP, go to their facebook page, find the post about voting for your favorite Hudsonville School and type Georgetown Elementary.  The school with the most votes = free coffee for staff on the final day of school!

Have a great week….and a great kick off to summer.  I will be in touch with you on the blog to remind you of upcoming dates for the 2014-15 school year.   Thank you for all you have done to make this year one of the best ever at Georgetown!

Mrs. Reagan

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